or "True Travels," a work published in London in
1630, near the close of his life. Dr. Palfrey's His-
tory of New England contains the earliest critical
examination of this portion of Smith's story from
an historical and geographical point of view, with a
result not on the whole unfavorable to Smith. ¹.

In 1604 Smith was again in England, where he
soon began to interest himself in the enterprise of
colonizing America.

On the 10th of April, 1606, King James conferred
a charter upon certain persons in England, who took
the title of the Virginia Company, and who proceeded
to fit out an expedition of three small vessels, contain-
ing, in addition to their crews, one hundred and five
colonists, headed by a Council, of which Edward Maria
Wingfield was chosen President, and Captains Bar-
tholomew Gosnold, John Smith, John Ratcliffe, John
Martin, and George Kendall were the other mem-
bers. After various delays this expedition dropped
down the Thames December 20of the same year,
but was kept six weeks in sight of England by un-
favorable winds. After a long and difficult voyage,
and a further delay of three weeks among the West
India Islands, the headlands of Chesapeake Baywere
passed April 26,1607. On the 14th of May following,
the colonists formally founded Jamestown.

In the mean while trouble had risen between Smith
and his colleagues. Smith's story was told in the
"Gencrall Historie" as follows: --

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